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An Oscar winner at the age of eleven for her performance in The Piano, Anna Paquin was the first New Zealander to receive the Best Supporting Actress honor and one of the youngest Oscar winners ever. Born July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Paquin was raised in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. After making her stage bow at the age of seven as a skunk in a school production, she decided to audition for the part of Holly Hunter's precocious daughter in Jane Campion's The Piano. One of 5000 applicants, Paquin--whose previous work was limited to TV commercials--won the role, and with both the success of the 1993 film and her Oscar win, entered the realm of international fame. Aside from a series of TV ads for a computer company, Paquin retreated from the limelight until 1996, when she emerged, now a teenager, in the acclaimed family drama Fly Away Home. That same year, she could be seen playing a younger version of the title character in Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of Jane Eyre.
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Anna Paquin is a well accomplished actress of the Hollywood film industry. She was born on July 24,1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She was born to Brian Paquin, a phys. ed. instructor and mother Marie Brophy, an English instructor. Although she hails from Canada but when she was just four years old her family moved to New Zealand. Though acting was never in the mind of Anna, this line of career came for her just by chance.
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(CBS/AP)Born in Canada, raised in New Zealand and currently living in New York, Anna Paquin may have a rootless, international life. But in "Blue State," she plays a very American character who's fleeing the country after the re-election of President George W. Bush in 2004.
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A: No, for all of you who might have a possible interest in wooing Anna Paquin, she does not have a boyfriend. She attends an all-girls school now, and says that "It isn't likely that I'll have a boyfriend in the near future." She ... says, "Boys make quite good friends - it's difficult to imagine doing something serious with them, such as dating."
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Anna Paquin won an Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actress for her film debut at age 11 in "The Piano." She recently finished production on "Blue State," in which she stars and serves as executive producer. She will next be seen in Kenneth Lonergan's "Margaret," starring opposite Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo and Matthew Broderick. Her other film credits include "X-Men" and its two sequels, "The Squid and The Whale," "25th Hour," "Buffalo Soldiers," "Finding Forester," "Almost Famous," "Hurlyburly," "She's All That," "A Walk on the Moon," "All the Rage," "Amistad," "Fly Away Home" and "Jane Eyre." On stage, Paquin received a Best Lead Actress Drama Desk nomination for her stage debut in Rebecca Gilman's "The Glory of Living," directed by Phillip Seymour Hoffman, at New York's MCC Theater, followed by a critically acclaimed performance in "This Is Our Youth." Her other stage credits include "After Ashley" and "The Distance from Here."
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Anna Paquin is taking her first role in a TV series as the star of Alan Ball's HBO drama pilot True Blood. Ball, creator of HBO's Six Feet Under, is set to direct and executive produce the new show, which has ... cast Ryan Kwanten and Sam Trammell. The story, based on Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire book series, is about vampires who integrate into a small Louisiana town and a love story between a vampire and Sookie Stackhouse (Paquin), a waitress who can read people's minds.
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